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Conner Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. 33.659, -114.236 (West of Phoenix, AZ) Conner Field, as depicted on the 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Rick Jackson). Rick Jackson reported, “Buck Conner was an early film actor who built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1.
Kingman Airport was built as a World War II United States Army Air Forces training field. Between 1942 and 1945 the U.S. Army Air Forces acquired about 4,145 acres in Mohave County outside of Kingman, Arizona and established the Kingman Army Airfield and Kingman Aerial Gunnery School training facilities in 1942. Wartime Aircraft Gunnery School
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- Mohave County, Arizona
- 3,449 ft / 1,051 m
- Kingman, Arizona
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Jun 24, 2018 · Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield, Tucson, AZ. 32.22, -110.79 (North of Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ) Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield, as depicted on the March 1946 Phoenix Sectional Chart. This short-lived airfield was evidently established at some point between 1945-47.
Nov 2, 2020 · Thunderbird #1 Auxiliary Airfield A-1, Sun City, AZ. 33.64, -112.1 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ) A 3/2/43 USAAF aerial view (from the National Archives, via Brian Rehwinkel). This airfield was originally one of at least 4 satellite airfields used during WW2 by the cadets from Thunderbird Field.
Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport ( IATA: AZA, ICAO: KIWA, FAA LID: IWA ), formerly Williams Gateway Airport (1994–2008) and Williams Air Force Base (1948–1993), is an international airport in the southeastern area of Mesa, Arizona, 20 miles (17 nmi; 32 km) southeast of Phoenix, in Maricopa County. [1] The airport, owned and operated by the ...
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- Mesa, Arizona
- Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority
- Phoenix metropolitan area
Early Aviation in the United States & Arizona Transcontinental travel underwent an amazing transformation over the course of the 20th century. Commercial airlines were founded and matured, which in turn sparked advances in airplane technology and passenger service. Cross-country travel went from 96 hours on the train to 48 hours by train-and-plane
Nov 12, 2015 · After the war, it was renamed Goodyear Air Force Auxiliary Airfield and the runway was modified to better accommodate the jet airplanes that saw increased use in the 1950s. In the late '60s it became a civilian airfield and its name was shortened to Goodyear Airport and then changed to Memorial Airfield.
